I spent the better chunk of my life on the “health food” bandwagon, though falling off on many a sugary occasion.

Brandy Hillegass battled both a bass and a broken reel to best the fish of the day, taking overall first place in the daylong classic. See more details on her hand-over-hand battle in ‘Rundown.’ (Supplied Photo)

Mercifully for those around me, I was absolutely not one of those holier than thou eaters, never once mouthing off that this or that diet might spell doom for its adherents. I always eat and let eat, though I remain dogmatic when it comes to my personally forsaking meat, poultry, herptiles, insects, and pretty much anything of an undefined animal nature.